Improvement in stop-jointed manure drag



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IMPROVEMENT 1N STOP-Jemima MANURE DRAG.

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TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY OONCERN:

Bc it known that I, SIMON B. MINNICH, of Landisvillc, in `the county of Lancaster, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a. new and improvcdStop-Jointed Manure Drag or Hook; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdeseription p thereof, reference being had td the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichy Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire implemcnt. 4

Figure 2 to illustrate the action of the lever and 4lug on the shaftof the united hooks or prongs.

Figure 3, a perspective view of the boxes for the said shaft or top of the prongs. .A

Figure 4 shows the lever with its stop notch x, and the four-proliged hook with its central lug or stopprojcetiong.

The nature-of my invention is in providing a manure drag or hook to be drawn by a horse, and that will firmly gra-sp and hold a large quantity, and capable of being discharged and reset in the" most simple and Y ctlicicnt manner.

To enable others skilled in the art to-malcc and use my invention, I will proceed to deseribelits construction and operation. i Y I y I construct my drag of a single beam, A, `with a clevis in vfront for attaching a horse, or a handle if for human power, (on a' smaller scale.) This beam is provided with handles B, similar to those on a plough, braced by D, and supported by rods C. Near the end of the beam there is a slot, into which the heel F of the lever E is inserted and held 'by a pivot,f. The combined box H I is inserted into the under side of the beam. In this box the horizontal round shaft G of the hooks K has its support and motion. Figui shows the lever E withits heel F, and stop notch :L and pivotf, also the hook with its four prongs K, and round shaft G, and lug or stop'g, on the centre of said shaft G. Fig. 3 shows the upper portion of the'box H, and the lower portion I I; the. vside Il with a central opening, m, and pocket L, to allow the lug g to enter when the prongs K on their shaft G are thrown up, in order to discharge their contents. This 'lower portion I I is secured by bolts through the holes z'.

The opera-tion is simple, and illustrated by fig. 2. The blue lever and hook K attached tothe shaft G, (shown iu proile,) with the lug orstop gk resting squarely against the notch tlv, in the heel F of the lever E. Thiskeeps the hook or drag vertical for grasping and dragging out the manure in a rm position. When arrived at the place of destination by raising the lever, as shown by the red color, the notch a: and stop or lug g become disengaged and the hooks and their shaft are turned up as shown, 'the lug g passingthrough the slots m in the box l and H `into the pocket L, and the manure is dislodged in its place, when the drag is left in that position and drawn back for a fresh load. In order to reset the machine it is only necessary to raise it up by the handles B, (a single handle might answer,) whenthe hook will swing forward by its own gravity, and the lever in like manner drops down, embracing or propping the lug g by its notch a', as before, so that the swinging forward of the 'hook arrested by the notch is sunk into the manure for being dragged out, without any etort further Athan raising the machine. 4The ease and facility with which a large stable is `speedily cleansed recommend this implement to every farmer. To say the leastit is `truly useful, and believed to be as novel in the revolving shaft, stop, and lover arrangement. I am aware that horse-hooks, both for hoisting hay and manuring stables nre not new, but I lay noelams toa. hay-hook. My invention is designed for the purpose set forth and for no other. u

What Ir claim as my invention, and desirev to secure by Letters Patent, is The arrangement of the notched leverE F with the stop g on the jointed hook G K, in combination with the box H I', constructed andoperating in' the manner specified for the purpose set. forth. i

SIMON 3B. MINNICH.

Witnesses at signing WALTER Gr. EVANS,- JAcon Smurrnn. 

